Entry:

Cannon, Lynn Weber, "A Macro Social Indicator Model of Trends in Social Class Identification in the United States, 1949-1973," Paper presented to the American Statistical Association, San Diego, August, 1978.


Abstract:

The rise in middle class identification is a function of the increase in the percentage of white-collar workers, but not of general economic growth or prosperity.

GSS Years:

1973-75

Other Data Sets:

SRC 1952-72 (9)

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
CLASS

SUBJECTIVE CLASS IDENTIFICATION